Driving the news: As political arguments on Facebooks employee discussion boards have grown more heated and divisive, the company ordered new restrictions on the forums earlier this month, which run on Facebooks Workplace platform.
Why it matters: Facebooks difficulty managing its own employees using its own social network suggests that the companys problems might be rooted more in the conception and design of its products than in the fiery state of today's general public discourse.
Catch up quick: Facebook, like most Silicon Valley companies, has long prided itself on an open culture embracing free debate, epitomized by regular staff meetings where CEO Mark Zuckerberg answers employee questions.
President Trumps post following Black Lives Matter protests declaring When the looting starts, the shooting starts was particularly divisive. Zuckerberg's decision to give it a pass led some Facebook employees to conclude that the company was not living up to its ideals or fairly enforcing its rules.
A New York Times report highlighted acrimony over the company's parent leave policy during the pandemic, which some non-parents resented.
What's happening: After continued turmoil on Facebooks internal message boards following the more recent Kenosha protests, Zuckerberg announced on Sept.
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